How to Contribute

EERI members and other earthquake professionals can contribute to reconnaissance efforts for the Nepal Earthquake in the following ways:

1. Share Technical Resources

Technical resources, such as Field observation reports and technical literature about Nepal earthquake risk, are extremely useful in informing reconnaissance efforts. Relevant resources can be sent to eqclearinghouse@eeri.org for posting on the virtual clearinghouse website. See what resources are already available on the Technical Resources page.

2. Suggest Research Topics

Suggest research topics to help guide reconnaissance field teams. To suggest a topic to be posted on the virtual clearinghouse website, send an email to eqclearinghouse@eeri.org with a topic description of no more than 250 words and please note if you would like your name and email address listed alongside the topic listing. See what research topics have already been suggested on the Research Topics page.

3. Contribute Photos and Notes

Contribute relevant pre- and post-event images of the impacted area and field observation notes. Visit the Contribute Photos and Notes page to learn how to share your photos and notes. Once reconnaissance teams begin to share their photos and observations, they will be shown on the virtual clearinghouse Maps and Photos page.

4. Curate Topical Information

Gather and glean information from media reports and technical resources into curated summaries. Well-crafted summaries are expected to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake response/recovery. Summaries will be posted as Curated Topics. Anyone interested in helping to curate a topic should contact stephen@eeri.org for more information. Initial topic areas include:

Communication TechnologiesCurator:Louise K. Comfort, Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director, Center for Disaster Management, University of Pittsburgh

School BuildingsCurators: Tracy Becker, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, Laura Whitehurst, structural engineer at Walter P Moore’s in San Francisco, and Veronica Cedillos, Associate Director of Projects at Applied Technology Council

HospitalsCurators: Bishnu Pandey, Instructor in the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Construction and the Environment at British Columbia Institute of Technology, Anna Weiser-Woodward, LEED AP BD+C Graduate Engineer at Walter P. Moore

HousingCurators: Sahar Derakhshan, Assistant Specialist for public policy at the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), and Ezra Jampole, Ph.D. Candidate at Stanford University